A Buying Group is the coming
together of similar independent businesses to leverage their
combined purchasing power to receive better pricing and terms on
the products they buy. Successful Buying Groups bring
efficiencies to the supply chain rather than simply flexing
their "market power" to extract a better deal. Efficiencies are
created when Suppliers can rely on the Buying Group to perform
functions more cost effectively for its Members as a group, than
the current model of each Supplier dealing with each independent
separately.

Buying Groups operate at both the
wholesale
and retail
level. Buying Groups exist in various countries including the
United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, Ireland, as
well as most other countries in Europe.

Kurt Salmon Associates
Inc.

Lambert+Associates: Lambert + Associates is an international buying office based
in France with a buying office in New York. The New-York office's address
is: 241 West 37th Street Suite 603 NY 10018 New York USA.
Contact: Nicole McBride: 1 212 268 0307
nicole@lambertandassociates.fr

Magenta Enterprises: is an international buying office
that caters to high end specialty stores all over the world. Magenta offers
its clients a hip, new and sophisticated service:a rarity in the industry
as far as visual technology and resourceful sourcing. Inhabiting a beautiful
modern lofty space in one of the industry's most prestigious buildings (
as of September 1st, 2000), to providing our clients with market specialists
that aim to elevate an international store's image and buying power in the
U.S. market, Magenta sets itself apart from other services. Magenta is not
an office inundated with merchandise, it is a space with expertise, an image,
valuable market information and a discerning eye for its high calibre clientele. Magenta is one of the few buying services that facilitates in buying activity
for the most respectable retailers in their countries and cities, and is
expanding with bases outside of the U.S. Our specialists have first rate
buying and retail image consulting experience; varying from international
marketing with a focus on obtaining exclusivity in global markets for top
notch retailers/clients , to obtaining first hand news from the world of
high fashion and leading retailers and specialty stores for our clients.
Magenta provides new,forward and unique buying programs that aim to keep
specialty stores abroad ahead of their competitors, different and fashionable.
Markets that have been covered by Magenta range from Japan, Brazil, Argentina,
Qatar, Bahrain and Greece. Address 129 E 29th Street New York, NY
10016-8139 map New York, NY Metro Area Email:
agianiks@aol.com Contact: Anastasia Gianiks Principal or Susan Trevisa
Fashion Director

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